Milk-can



v(No Model.)

E. MOORE.

MILK GAN.

No. 358,468. l `Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

EMIL MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOS.

MILK-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,468, dated March 1, 188'?.

l Application filed October 9, 1886. Serial No. 215.805. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that l, EMIL MOORE, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Milk-Cans, of which vthe following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section. Fig. 2 is an under side View. Fig. 3 is an under side view with the ice-receptacle removed. Fig. 4 is a top view of the ice-receptacle removed from the can. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail showing a device for locking the ice-receptacle in its place in the can.

It is common to provide milk'cans with an icei'eceptacle. Heretofore such receptacles have been connected with the cover of the can, the cover and theice-receptacle being removed together whenever access to the can is desired.

The object of my invention is to provide a milk-can Wi-th an improved receptacle for ice, and which need not be removed, except when ice is to be placed therein, which I accomplish by locating the ice-receptacle at the bottom ofthe can, asillustrated in the drawings, and hereinafter described. i

That which I claim as new will be set forth in the claims.

I In thedrawings,Arepresents amilk-ean, the real bottom of which is a, and below which there is an extension or iiange, b, which may be made in any known manner. The upper portion of the can and its cover are made as usual.

B is a chamber extending up into the can from the bottom, which chamber is open at its bottom, but is made tight elsewhere. l

C is a receptacle for ice, of such diameter that it fits readily into the chamber B. This receptacle for ice is open at the top. c is the bottom of the ice-receptacle proper, which extends out beyond the vertical wall of the receptacle, forming a shoulder, d, which, when the ice-receptacle is in place in the can, comes in contact with the under side of the bottom c.

D is a chamber or receptacle for the water formed by the Waste of the ice, which receptacle D is connected with the bottom of the ice-chamber. In fact, the bottom c of the ice-chamber forms the top of the water-receptacle D. There is an opening, e, in the bottom c, through which water can dow into the chamber D. f is an outlet from the water-receptacle D, which may be closed by a plug, g; and by removing the plug the water which has accumulated in the receptacle D can be drawn ott.

h is a light spring, one end of which, as shown, is secured to the bottom of the waterreeeptacle. The other end of this spring is free and covers the opening or hole e, but not so tightly as to prevent the waterfrom escaping from the ice-receptacle C. The object of this spring is to prevent the body of the water which may have accumulated in the waterreceptacle D from iiowing into the ice-receptacle in case the can be turned upon its side.

i are wires over the opening e. These wires extend through the bottom c to the bottom ot the water-receptacle D. They serve the doublepurpose of strengthening the parts and protecting the opening e. jj are two ears or lugs secured to the water-receptacle on a line with its top.

k la' are two metal holdingpieces. One end of each piece is soldered to the bottom of the can, and the other ends are bent down a little, so that the ears jj can pass under. Fach of the earsj j is provided with a hole, Z. The outer ends of the strips of metal k lc are also provided with a hole, m, which registers with the hole Z. a is a spring, one end of which is secured to the bottom c of the can. The other end is provided with a pin, o, adapted to enter the holes m Z, for the purpose of holding the ice-receptacle in place in the can. p is a finger-piece at the free end of the spring oz..

The ice and water receptacles can be removed together from the can by first disengaging the pin o from the ear and then turning the water-receptacle and ice-receptacle sufficiently to disengage the earsjj from the metal pieces 7c k. After ice has been placed in theice-receptacle C it and the water-receptacle can be replaced, as shown in Fig. l. I thus provide a milk-can with au ice-receptacle which need not be removed, except when it is necessary to place ice therein.

The ears or lugs j j and the parts or holding-pieces 7c 7s may all be made of malleable iron and secured in place by rivets. The ice and water receptacles may both be made of The spring 7L may be segalvanized iron.

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cured to the under side of the bottom c of the ice-receptacle, instead of to the bottom of the Water-receptacle, as shown in ille drawings.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-A 1. The combination, with a. milk-can having :tn open-bottomed chamber, B, extending up into the can from the can-bottom, of :t detachable cereceptae1e, C, provided on its bottom with :t lateral liange or shoulder, d', in contact with the cnn-bottom, said ice-receptacle being formed with vertical sides to fit closely n the lower end of the chamber B, substantially as described.

2. A milk-eau provided with a Chamber, B, open at the bottom, in combination with an ice-receptacle, C, ittinginto said chamber and detaehzrbly secured to the emrbottom, and n Water'reeeptaele, D, to receive the drip from the ice, substantially as specified,

3. In combination with a vmilk-can provided with a. chamber, B, holding-pieces l; k', and spring n, having pin o, an ice-receptacle, C, provided with a Water-receptacle, D, and ears jj', said holding-pieces und ears being pro- 

